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Tough Games For ECJC, EMJC
B~ R.\\.~:\RRO
Star Sports Writer
T\\
o :\1endian area junior col–
lege football teams are takir;g on
division heavyweights Saturday
as Week :-Jo 8 takes the spothgh·
in the :\lissJssippi Juco circuit.
At EllisviJle, South DiviSIOn
leader East Central of Decatur
takes on Sim Cooley's Jones
Bobcats and at Goodinan. East
Mississippi's Lions will try to ex–
~end
a two-game winning streak
against :".iorth leader Holmes.
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Holmes stands at 4-0 in :\•1rth
results while East Mississippi.
fresh from a
44~0
whipping of
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Coahoma at Scoooa Jast \\ eek. 1s
up to
2-2
in division results and
in a ··must win" situa tion
In
fact.
Coach Randall
Bradberrv s L10ns have
outscored their last t\\ o op–
ponents by the lopsided margin
of 73-o.
"I just hope we keep
it
up,"
sighed Bradberry as h1s team
left the field last week. "We
need to go to Goodman and whip
Holmes and come back here for
homecoming the next week and
beat Del· a and we'll bE' 1r the
ti–
tle picture."
Holmes edged Pearl R1ver,
Friday, October
2t,
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H-12,
in an interdiVISIOnaJ con–
test last week and is now
6-1
overall. The Bulldogs are rank–
ed
nth in the nat10n and have an
explosh·e offense to go with a
stingy defense.
East :\lississippi now stands at
3-t
for all games after getting off
to a dismal 1-4 start.
Coach Ken Pouncey's East
Central Warrio;-s knocked off
Hinds,
24-21
a week ago to earn
their berth on top of the South
standi11gs al3·1. Jones, by \'irtue
or
a crucial come-from-behind
28-23 win over
Gulf
Coast, held
onto a tie for second place with
Pearl River at 2-1 1 in the Sovth.
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